Stateless Reception
The Diplomatic Corps, which hugely enjoys its annual state reception, would have been shocked if the President and First Lady had received them as 1,400 guests were received at the White House one night last week. But the Franklin D. Roosevelts know well that what is one man's humiliation is another man's flattery. At this reception there was no official receiving line, no order of precedence, no pompous music by the Marine Band, no formal evening dress.
Instead Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner stood near a door laughing and chatting...
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